Thursday, January 29, 2009

I had to get a quick lunch today. There was a lot of work to do, and I had to leave early to stand-in as a coach for an after-school activity at T1's school. So, no time to waste.I ordered a take-out, and drove to pick it up.I saw a fender bender on the way, on the opposite side. That stretch of road has no shoulder-lanes. I thought to myself that this looked like a fresh one, and I better take another route on my way back!

And did I do that? Of course not! By the time I got the fragrant Veggie Kurma from this decent desi place, and started driving back, I had completely forgotten all about the fender bender! And what should have taken 2-3 minutes, took me a good 15 minutes to get back!

What's this post leading to now? I got stuck in the mess! There was no way out! I was trapped! But that's not all!

Impatient idiots started driving on a Right-Turn-Only lane and tried to merge back into the through traffic to get ahead by...4 cars!!

I absolutely detest it when people do that! Are the rest of us morons trying to obey the rules? Does having a fancy car buy you exceptions to rules? I thought they're supposed to be more like Pup taking extra extra extra extra special care...

Anyways, these cars were not even making a good headway! I can at least "try" to understand when the traffic is miles long, on a hot day, and if you're AC is not working. Enough about me...But trying to get ahead of 4 CARS?? What's wrong with these people!!??

Oh, but today the joke was on them! (Insert Newmann of Seinfeld's sadistic laughter)...

There was this Corolla that tried the same gimmick after seeing a BMW exit and merge back. The BMW got away. But the poor Corolla was trying to merge back when this huge 18-Wheeler got behind him. The truck was all ready to take the Exit to the Highway and was annoyed at this Corolla's cheap trick.

He honked and honked again. The Corolla tried to move a little closer to the left. He was beginning to get scared...To the Corolla's horror, the 18 Wheeler kept moving forward. Move where? There was no room. No shoulder remember! I could clearly see the Corolla's blatant fear just by the way he tried to desperately inch his way away...Oh, what sadistic pleasure! It was blissful! Taught the moron a great lesson! And the truck, ever so gracefully, steered his way to the Exit in the space that was about half a lane. These 18-wheelers can come out of the narrowest of alleys without a scratch. This was no big deal! He knew that! The Corolla SO did not!

About Me

I am your girl next door. Just as you expect, I have my quirks and niceties. My quirks include 3 sisters and my unbelievable husband. My niceties include my precious Tees (T1 and T2 are my 2 daughters), my nieces and my nephews.
Running makes me happy! Despite my slow speed! Just being able to get out there and run (or get on the Dreadmill when I can't get out) is enough to make me happy these days.